Operations; Test Run; Operations Test Run; Stock Inspection - Grizzly G9859 Instruction Manual

SECTION 6: OPERATIONS

Test Run

Disconnect power to the
!
machine when perform-
ing any maintenance,
assembly
ments. Failure to do this
may result in serious
personal injury.
Keep
rolled up and out of the
way of machinery and
keep hair pulled back.
Once assembly is complete and adjustments are
done to your satisfaction, you are ready to test
run the machine.
Turn on the power supply at the main panel.
Press the START button. Make sure that your fin-
ger is poised on the STOP button, just in case
there's a problem. The jointer should run smooth-
ly, with little or no vibration or rubbing noises.
Strange or unnatural noises should be investigat-
ed and corrected before operating the machine
further.
If you cannot easily locate the source of an
unusual noise or vibration, contact our service
department for help.
Ultimate Series Jointers
or adjust-
loose clothing
Wear safety glasses
during the entire opera-
tion process. Failure to
comply may result in
serious personal injury.

Stock Inspection

If the stock has large or loose knots, consider
finding another workpiece. Knots in a workpiece
can be dangerous to the operator, as well as
destructive to equipment.
When jointing, always cut with the grain rather
than against it. Cutting against the grain (going
against the pattern of the wood's growth rings)
chips the wood instead of cutting it, making the
workpiece rough and irregular. Look at the side of
your board. If the direction of the grain structure
facing the cutterhead runs toward the cutterhead
as it sits on the infeed table, your cut will be with
the grain as shown in Figure 18.
Occasionally, you will find woods that defy all
rules. In those rare cases, it is best to feed the
workpiece slowly and take several shallow cuts.
A few extra passes will hurt much less than a
ruined workpiece.
CORRECT
ROTATION
OUTFEED TABLE
INCORRECT
ROTATION
OUTFEED TABLE
Figure 18. Correct and incorrect grain align-
ment to cutterhead.
FEED DIRECTION
INFEED TABLE
FEED DIRECTION
INFEED TABLE
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